CSL Behring to Acquire uniQure' Hemophilia B Candidate (AMT-061) for ~$2B
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- uniQure to receive $2B+ including $450M as up front in cash- $1.6B as regulatory & commercial milestones along with royalties in sales of AMT-061 (etranacogene dezaparvovec) while CSL Behring to get an exclusive global right to commercialize AMT-061
- uniQure will be responsible for the completion of the P-III HOPE-B study and scale-up manufacture for early commercial supply under an agreed plan with CSL Behring. uniQure will lead clinical development and regulatory activities- reimbursed by CSL Behring
- The collaboration will foster CSL Behring’s gene therapy portfolio while allowing uniQure to expand and accelerate pipeline and platform. The AMT-061 consists of an AAV5 viral vector carrying a gene cassette with FIX-Padua- currently being evaluated in P-III study and could be one of the first gene therapies to provide long-term benefits to patients with hemophilia B
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